“The Government might be able to slap down the men of Derry. They might even be able to slap down the men of Londonderry. But they cannot slap down the united men of Derry and Londonderry.”
—Eddie McAteer, as Nationalist MP, on cross-community rejection in Derry/Londonderry of the Northern Ireland Government’s decision to site second Northern Ireland university in Coleraine rather than Derry/Londonderry, 12/2/1965. The Irish Times, 13/2/1965.
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